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Translucent Concrete. Research with Glass, Optical Fiber and Glass Fiber

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The work of this Master Thesis has focused on research and development of translucent concrete with aggregates of glass, optical fiber and glass fiber . This Master Thesis has been possible with the collaboration of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Polytechnic University of Torino with the support of several companies sector.

The decrease in energy expenditure in the production process and the life of the building is the premise of this project with the 2020 target set by the European Union. It has an international pursuit of product development by testing several of these products.

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  1. E.U.A.T.M. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    E. Jiménez-Muñoz

  2. E.U.I.T.I. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    F. Fernández-Martínez

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Correspondence to E. Jiménez-Muñoz .

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  1. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Carmen Llinares-Millán

  2. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Igor Fernández-Plazaola

  3. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valenica, Spain

    Francisco Hidalgo-Delgado

  4. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    María Montserrat Martínez-Valenzuela

  5. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Francisco Javier Medina-Ramón

  6. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Inmaculada Oliver-Faubel

  7. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Isabel Rodríguez-Abad

  8. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Andrea Salandin

  9. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Rafael Sánchez-Grandia

  10. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Isabel Tort-Ausina

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Jiménez-Muñoz, E., Fernández-Martínez, F. (2014). Translucent Concrete. Research with Glass, Optical Fiber and Glass Fiber. In: Llinares-Millán, C., et al. Construction and Building Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7790-3_15

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